Fortunately, this blogpost has nothing to do with Covid, but is important to one’s health. Diet is a four-letter word because it implies that there is a beginning and an end. What we strive for is lifestyle modification. This is…
Do statins (a class of cholesterol lowering medication) really cause muscle pain? This discussion has been going on for decades. The Mayo Clinic even has a statin intolerance clinic run by San Antonio native, Dr. Steven Kopecky. The longstanding statistic…
Nature versus Nurture: Even though people may have inherited genes that confer an increased risk of cardiovascular disease that doesn’t mean that there isn’t something that they can do about it. Not smoking, maintaining a normal weight, exercise and healthy eating…
Choosing the optimal blood pressure target to shoot for in managing hypertension requires that we apply the art of medicine, rather than just a cookbook approach. Over recent years, we have gotten dizzy keeping up with various recommendations which have…
New Multisociety Hypertension Guideline Is Released Allan S. Brett, MD and Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD, FACC reviewing Whelton PK et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017 Nov 13. The guideline lowers thresholds for categorizing people as having hypertension and for prescribing drug…
